Etymology

silverware

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Today it means: Anything manufactured from silver. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*silubrą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*silubr
  3. Old Englishseolfor
  4. Middle Englishsilver
  5. Englishsilver
  6. Proto-Germanic*warō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  8. Old Englishwaru
  9. Middle Englishware
  10. English todaysilverware

From silver + -ware.

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